According to the History ofLiberty Methodist Church,"It was not till 1850 thatIgnatious Barrett, Asbury Hocker,and Mason Taylor along withBlackstone Taylor decided achurch must be built.........The land was donated byJ.W. Taylor andIgnatious Barrett,......."

Blackstone married Elizabeth Ann Austin. (Elizabeth Ann Austin was born on 22 Nov 1807 in Montgomery County, Maryland, died on 26 Jul 1888 in Ohio County, Kentucky and was buried in Old Liberty Cemetery, Beaver Dam, Ohio County, Kentucky.)